diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix
index 837446190fb..8644341ec21 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DUSE_PYTHON=OFF"
     "-DUSE_QT=OFF"
     # GNUInstallDirs
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=${placeholder "dev"}/include"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" # needs relative path for pkgconfig
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/default.nix
index 00b33b65216..7225efadebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/default.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DUSE_PYTHON=OFF"
-    # GNUInstallDirs
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
   ];
 
   makeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix
index 7f4c895d85a..75717b5ba09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     moveToOutput "lib/*.a" $static
   '';
 
-  preConfigure = ''cmakeFlags="$cmakeFlags -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=$bin/bin"'';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DSHADERC_SKIP_TESTS=ON" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
index 371d7b838d4..191c375f3be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake nasm ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin" "-DENABLE_STATIC=0" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DENABLE_STATIC=0"
+  ];
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckTarget = "test";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix
index 5aa26a749e4..6bfb694a41b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF" # for tests
-    # TODO: move the following to CMake setup hook
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR=${placeholder "man"}/share/man"
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;